Quotes About Truth

Certainly I've had the experience of thinking a person was one thing, and finding out they were another.

In fine, nothing is said now that has not been said before.

I have learned that nothing gets readers so fired up as saying something everyone knows is true.

Trump's anti-China trade demagoguery may work in firing up his base, but it does a disservice to the truth.

I have found, writing a blog, that being non-opaque is necessary. You pretty much have to say what you know in much more firm terms or risk that the legions who always know more than you do will tell the story better.

I started as a documentary maker, and they're my first love.

I'll be the first one to tell you if I made a mistake.

If I have a passion for anything, it's more the truth than politics, and I think that's what got me interested in comedy in the first place, because the best comedy is the truth. People recognize that.

You have people who believe they are scientifically literate but, in fact, are not. And I don't mind if you're not scientifically literate, but just admit that to yourself, so that you'll know, and perhaps you can take a first step to try to eradicate that.

If you've done something wrong, the first step is to try to own up and tell people about it.

My Life in CIA is the first time that I've ever written a story in my own name.

I have only written what I experienced, what I saw, what I learned first-hand.

If it doesn't fit, you must acquit.

When it comes to Republican debates, fibs and fits come first; facts come last.

Until you expose the cancer, you can't fix it.

Whether you're a second lieutenant working with a captain and a lieutenant colonel, or a four-star general working with the Office Secretary of Defense and the White House, the decision makers have got to have ground truth. Otherwise, the decisions they make could be flawed - and that can be dangerous.

Do not be intimidated. Go where the story goes. Report the facts. Make sure you've got it right. And don't let things that the president says or that the White House does throw you off your game.

Officials in every White House crowbar the facts to make their cases.

When people are making up stories about Bob Mueller on Fox News and those get traction in congressional committees and in the White House, at a certain point, I've got to say no.

People aren't really honest with themselves about anything. That's one of the reasons why we ended up with Trump in the White House.

White lies always introduce others of a darker complexion.

When we tell little white lies, we become progressively color-blind. It is better to remain silent than to mislead.

I suppose everyone tells little white lies. Quite often they're necessary to make someone feel better or prevent feelings from being hurt. Whoppers? No, that's dangerous and they'll boomerang.

I don't like being lied to, so I only lie about the stupid things. White lies, basically.